Defector: The Alex Mogilny Story | Sportsnet Presents
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- Опубліковано 10 кві 2020
- Sportsnet takes a special look at the story of Alexander Mogilny and his defection from Soviet Union.
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if you were around when this kid rolled the dice to defect...and then the way he performed? he's a legend and should be in the hall.
yes I agree if schwarzenegger is the terminator, Hermann Maier "the Herminator" so Mogilny must be "the defecator"
Absolute shame he isn’t already. Point per game player for close to, if not 1000 games.
lol the defecator? So he shits himself?
He was a fantastic. He did seem to disappear/not show up in a lot of games, especially the playoffs. I agree he should be in the hall. Alex the great.
@@MrOctober44hough he won a Stanley Cup back in 2000 with the New Jersey Devils, so at least there were playoff years he showed up...
The way Sergei says no, gives you chills.
"I still have family living there."
Nothing like a KGB agent running the “free, democratic state”
@@joepogue_29 We're not free or democratic here. At least they're strong and control their borders and protect their children from malicious propaganda.
Mogilny, Fedorov & Bure. what a line that was.
Stompie Joe Imagine if they went to an Olympics!
Imagine if the Canucks had signed Wayne Gretzky in 1996. The Great One between Mogilny and Bure.
@@gordieparenteau6555 imagine if Rome hadn’t knocked out Horton, or Messier hadn’t been traded to New York, or if Snepsts hadn’t passed to Bossy in OT - Vancouver may have won a cup. Alas, there will always be “next season.”
the guy was amazing ....76 goals in one year. 40 pts in WJC....classic Soviet left handed shot on the RW. So good.
Mogilny paved the way for other Russian players like Bure, Fedorov, etc. But Mogilny was the first with the balls to make this move. Imagine if Mogilny wasn't drafted. I wonder how long it would have taken russian players to make this move to the NHL. Mogilny Is a brave hero and should be in the HOF!
Considering Mogilny is currently a president of a KHL hockey club i do not blame him for not appearing.
Same reason I don't blame Federov for not saying much. Shit's different under Putin than it is in the west.
Damn this was gripping, intense and suspenseful. Would be great for a movie. Great documentary. Every Russian player should thank this guy.
agreed, this would make an awesome movie. James Bond meets hockey, haha.
YES! This is the content we need. Can you make this a series? There are other examples too. Petr Nedved, Vaclav Nedomansky, the Stastny brothers
ssvoogel I totally agree , a serie on netflix lol
Mogilny shoud be in the hof
@@ben-qx4mf stop just stop
Agreed!
It’s a shame and shocking that he’s not
Yes
He should
You know I'm no expert, but it seemed like Sergei Fedorov wasn't telling the whole story!
Dude lives under Putin. If you were him having lived his life what would you say?
Russian isnt completely free of soviet rule despite changing there flag
One big problem with Russia today is that the people who run it were born and raised in the Soviet system.
@@ezefinkielman4672 that make sense
Могильный это самый недооценённый игрок всех времён
A buddy and I went to see a Sabres/Kings game in the early 90's. Afterwards we hit the bar strip for a few. As soon as I walked in I see a guy at the bar with a lady on each side of him and he's having a cigarette. It was Mogilny. He didn't play that night for whatever reason. Then about a half hour later in walks a bunch of Kings players and Gretzky as well. Soon the Buffalo Jills were there too. What a night. Can't believe we got back over the border.
@@salkdhfpoahergpoahre No the Buffalo bar scene isn't very big (well it wasn't back then) It was just a part of town that had a strip of bars.
I met Mogilny & Yashin at a hockey game in the early 90s and got their autographs!
Rip Colby Cave
25 man smfh. Rip
Gone way to soon
Oiler fan just off work randomly picks this video to watch and randomly reads this post just hours later. Really!! DAM!! What a way to find out. He was a solid player and liked all around. Once an Oiler always an Oiler. RIP buddy.
@@Valarmorgolis ok fan boy he was a fringe player
I have a vintage Canucks jersey that I got Mogilny and his number sewn on the back. Did that about 10 years ago and I’m only 27 now, he’s definitely made his mark
AMAZING!!! Simply put, the best international intrigue story, either fictional or the truth, ever told!!! The courage of everyone involved is immense!!! It blows me away that a TEENAGER would exhibit such trust in a foreign nation, not to mention the biggest enemies amongst nation's in HUMAN HISTORY!!! As a lifelong Buffalo Sabres fan(because I played goalie for the best competitive team in the state-[Utah, I know, not the ice hockey juggernaut Ottawa, or Toronto is, but still] and The Sabres drafted Tom Barrasso straight out of HIGH SCHOOL!!!) I must say, the line of Pat La-La-Lafontaine, Dave Andreychuk, and Alexander Mogilny are, in my opinion, the greatest line in Sabres history!!! Better than the FRENCH CONNECTION (although those two lines are among the top 3(!!!) in all of hockey history)... Anyway, this video is amazing, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR MAKING IT!!!
Enjoyed watching him with New Jersey, great season in 00-01.
Great video! Mogilny was an elite player in the NHL! Over 400 goals!
HE NEEDS TO BE IN THE HOCKEY HALL OF FAME ASAP!
Him and Sundin were amazing to watch together
Fascinating - Like a Mission Impossible episode!
And this was 35 years ago,such a different world
No movie made for this guy story,I see basketball and football players with movies non of them compare to what he did and risked DEATH! He also took the NHL by the horns. It was a honor to meet him when I was a young kid not knowing his brave story.
This would make for a great movie.
yes basically the Hockey version Of Argo
Great Documentary would love more of these 👍
This would be a great movie
Mogilny not being in the hall is an absolute joke
And still not in the HHOF. Alfie and Sedins are not better than Mogilny. He's 1.04 points per game in the dead puck era!
Fedorov is hilarious. " Do u remember Alex leaving to Buffalo: Yes of Course, " can u talk about it"
No LOL
It wasn't meant to be funny. He has loves ones probably still there!
And somehow isn't in the Hall of Fame
Now the Wild are going to need to do the same thing with Kirill Kaprizov, in 2022..
The flyers might have to do the same thing with Ivan Fedotov when he’s free
Wow this doc was aired like in 2014
Thats sad he had to defect. But glad he had success in the NHL.
Wonder why they couldnt get a interview with Mogilny for this?
Mogilny always hated dealing with the media. I'm sure that hasn't changed.
Dude's been walking on eggshells since the 80s. What would you do?
He's the president of his hometown KHL team. Probably doesn't want to rock the boat.
How in the hell is he not in the hall of fame?
There's alot of politics in the Hall of Fame. Almost like a old Boys club
It's actually offensive how this guy isn't in the hall of fame yet
Gilles Léger, Quebec Nordiques and the Stastny brothers another great story
Vrai !
Imagine what was a line Mogilny, Fedorov, Bure, scaring! Mogilny, Bure more than point per game, Fedorov about 1 point. Hope we will see other great line, Mcdavid, Mackinnon, Marner.
Sergei Federov’s brother Fedor Federov owns my hockey rink. They look exactly like each other. Have heard them speaking to each other over the fun, he’d speak Russian and then say something about concessions and back to Russian.
Tihkonov's confidante sounds like a classic, bitter old Soviet bastard. Controlling players lives totally worked out so well. That's why people were defecting, what a joke.
Would make for a great movie!!! Here on recommendation from Jeff Marek 😁
***IMP NOTICE***
I've got a mssg from Tom yet again
Nice video keep up the great content
What a story.
Changed the face of hockey forever
HALL OF FAME!!!
Odd man rush did this a long time ago
I think about a young mogilny and LaFontaine being on that 1999 sabres stanley cup final team
1989 i was 19 years old, and for the younger folk here let me just write this, you never hear about politics as heavily as they did back then, from 1970's to 1990 more or less politics were a way of life ALL OVER the world nonstop, movies were always about politics, glad its over...more or less...
Really interesting... would love to see one of these about Malkin.
Inc Inc
Why.
Malkib
SPORTSNET should have not put this out without Alex Mogilny!
I don’t think he would comment even if he wanted to 😂
8:18 devils organization :o
There was a fascinating piece CBC did prior to game 1 of the ‘96 World Cup Of Hockey (yea I realize 🇨🇦 didn’t win - thanks for nothing Mike Richter).
It focused on the divide in the ‘current’ (back in ‘96) 🇷🇺 program. It looked at the forced reuniting of players who defected from the USSR and those who didn’t, leading to fractioning of their national program.
(As of writing - July 1, 2023 - USSR/RUS is currently 1-13 in best on best tournaments all time.)
Interesting to see how rigid Fedorov was with the question about Mogilny’s defection. Some guys are still upset with him for leaving.
More likely he’s worried about the blowback from saying something about it.
@@aleksilepisto7282 No. There is still a lot of animosity there. The entire team bore the brunt of the investigation and for a lot of them, the the suspicion and punishment for Not doing enough to stop the defection
There was a fascinating piece CBC did prior to game 1 of the ‘96 World Cup Of Hockey (yea I realize 🇨🇦 didn’t win - thanks for nothing Mike Richter).
It focused on the divide in the ‘current’ (back in ‘96) 🇷🇺 program. It looked at the forced reuniting of players who defected from the USSR and those who didn’t, leading to fractioning of their national program.
(As of writing - July 1, 2023 - USSR/RUS is currently 1-13 in best on best tournaments all time.)
I remember this story...it was a huge deal
Is there a movie about this??
No, but there should be.
Malkin would be great for one of these
How hes not in the HOF in 2024, blows my mind
Sportsnet has nothing better to do than upload a 5-6 year old documentary and add it to the other 5969406 other channels with the same documentary.
As soon as NHL games made trades a thing Mogilny and Lafontaine were my new second line.
Gerry sent me
Lol Alexander Mogeldy
Government is your friend :)
Odd man rush did it better
Why isn’t peter Klima mentioned he was one of the first to defect and the Red Wings helped him
cuz this video is about alex mogilny
1ZR1BZ1 I get that but they make it sound like he was the first
Because he was from Czechoslovakia. Alex mogilny was the first to defect from the Soviet Union's, which had much greater consequences
Wheres the McDavid Documentary already!?
Boring
Are Russian players going to have to start doing this again?
Don't understand Federov being so cagey about Molgilny defecting, couple of years earlier and Federov did the exact same thing. SMDH
He live in Putin's Russia, just because is no longer communist do not mean that things changed. He can't just go say what he likes like in NA. And now he head coach of red army to. So makes sense if you think about all of it
This documentary is many years old, I guess Sportsnet is getting desperate
Never saw it before
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The dislikes are Soviet Communists 🤣
I don’t think Russians who actually lived under ussr would have disliked this… more like tankie kids
First watch this then watch Lebron James the decision then proceed to vomit.
Freedom seems like the thing people want not slavery and communism
How bad is Russia that he wanted to go to Buffalo
Love him hockey wise, but to go back to Russia and make it seem nothing happened.... sounds weird to me. He got his money and fame and then bolted. Not as bad as it seems in Russia once you have money and power. Just sayn.
its weird you think one must pledge their whole allegiance to a country
Being in Russia in 2020 with money is a lot different than they in the Soviet Union in 1989 without it
@@johnk230 never said that
@@scottkirkness8002 true, but what I said is too.
@@ryerye6ix6 I mean.... you're not wrong. It IS like nothing happened, because the country it happened to no longer exists
Funny how everything good went away with the end of the Soviet Union including the Big Red Machine. Maybe that's a sign that life was better with the Soviet Union...
Said nobody ever
There's no way it was better there. Mogilny himself says it was not something he could live with any more. ua-cam.com/video/gJUuGJ0t_1I/v-deo.html
@@FaustoTheBoozehound *says people who actually lived in those socialist countries (i.e. the elderly) as well as an increasing number of young people. This is undeniable.
What?
@@Mels-pu2fc *Press X to doubt*
89th comment.
Could do without the idiotic ambient music.
1st comment
Overdramatic..
The guy defected from the USSR. One of the most powerful and influential communist countries in history. Underdramtic if anything. He would have disappeared and later listed as dying from some illness if they got him back I'm sure.
Joe R he’s trolling
He was sentenced to death in the ussr
@@dakkossman2063 no he wasnt. And hes still alive
@@LiterallyGod he's alive because the soviet union collapsed. That's the only reason he was able to come back to Russia.
All soviet hockey players were a part of the army and his defection was considered a betrayal of the country.
He belongs in the HOF.